OC History: Students used to race elephants at Cal State Fullerton

In 1962, Cal State Fullerton, then known as Orange County State College, hosted what was referred to as “The First ...
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Ten Exceptional Ancient Elephants, From Small Swimming Creatures to Shovel-Tusked Beasts

Not so long ago, the trumpeting of elephants could be heard across a great deal of our planet. Wrinkly-skinned giants did not only inhabit Africa and southern Asia, but roamed from prehistoric ...
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This day in history: Tara the elephant was moving on up from the Walk in the Wild Zoo

From 1974: Taro, the elephant at Spokane’s Walk in the Wild Zoo, was set to get a spacious new outdoor home, dubbed Elephant Canyon. A group of Army engineers from the 659th Engineer Company at the ...
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Columbus Zoo announces birth of second elephant calf this year, a first in its history

A second elephant calf has been born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, marking a significant milestone in the zoo's nearly 100-year history and a win for Asian elephant conservation. Phoebe the Asian ...
Des Moines Register

The strange, mysterious tale of how the Iowa State Fair came to own an elephant

Iowa schoolchildren crowdfunded the purchase of an elephant named Mine for the 1929 Iowa State Fair. Mine was a popular attraction for over a decade before being sold to a circus. The elephant's story ...